# Consultant Clinical/ Counselling/ Forensic Psychologist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-clinical-counselling-forensic-psychologist/1d4d1a0c-cd60-4d47-a8c3-94d2ccc3fb6b - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-clinical-counselling-forensic-psychologist/1d4d1a0c-cd60-4d47-a8c3-94d2ccc3fb6b.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Kettering - **Region:** Midlands - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Psychologist - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £79,504 - £91,609 pa pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-07-31T08:00:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-17T13:52:06.798Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Northamptonshire/Kettering/Northamptonshire_Healthcare_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Secured_Services/Secured_Services-v8114730 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8114730?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.nhft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview At NHFT we are working hard to embed compassionate informed thinking into healthcare delivery given the high prevalence of adversity in the population we serve. This is an exciting role to lead on psychological provision in therapies as well as working in a psychologically informed way across the healthcare system. The postholder will oversee the psychology provision at: HMP Nottingham, HMP Ranby, HMP Lowdham Grange, HMP Lincoln, HMP Morton Hall, HMP North Sea Camp, Swinderby Short Term Holding Facility, HMP Whitemoor, HMP Peterborough, HMP Littlehey, HMP Bedford, Yarlswood Immigration Removal Centre. Please note this post is subject to security vetting. To be considered for this post you will need to have continuously resided in the UK without any breaks for a minimum of 3 years prior to this application and be able to evidence your years of residency. Please note without sufficient evidence your application may not progress. ### Main duties of the job The postholder will also provide training, consultancy across the pathway to ensure that trauma informed practice is embedded across mental health, physical health and substance misuse services pathways. They will work closely with clinicians within the multi-disciplinary team and operational managers. They will support teams to embed trauma informed practice to services and help teams to apply psychological models in the understanding of distress and support the Lead Psychologist for the Care Delivery Pathway to embed a Compassionate Culture due to the challenges of working in Secured environments. They will also support and contribute to research, service evaluation and audit in the Pathway contributing to the Trusts academic aspirations. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Oversight of psychologists working within the prisons Training and supervision Audit Linking in with wider professional networks For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document. ## Person Specification ### Qualifications **Essential** - Significant years of experience - Prison/ Forensic experience ### Security Vetting **Essential** - The application includes evidence of the required years of UK residency to meet prison vetting standards ### Therapy experience **Essential** - Expertise in a model of therapy - Supervision experience ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 360.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10410236) - [your guide to nhft (pdf, 1.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3047) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.